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Conditions are still excellent in Crans-Montana. | Image: Crans-Montana The lifts have stopped spinning, but emotions are still running high at Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Local Swiss skiers and business owners are angry that the Swiss resort owned and operated by U.S. conglomerate Vail Resorts ended its 2025–26 ski season on Easter Monday, despite excellent snow conditions.A…

Top of Cliffhanger at Camelback Mountain. | Image: SnowBrains Report from Tuesday, April 8, 2026 The season keeps going for Camelback Mountain, located in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. It is the ski resort’s 126th day of operations for the season since opening day on December 3, 2025. Colder temperatures moved in on Monday night…

The multi-agency rescue effort involved about 60 people. | Image: Bergrettung Mauterndorf A 40-year-old freerider has been found dead after being buried in an avalanche near Plattenspitze, following an extensive two-day search involving around 60 mountain rescuers in Austria’s Salzburg region. Related: Backcountry Skier Dies During Summer Snowstorm in Obertauern, Austria The skier, from Slovakia,…

Credit: Farmer’s Almanac Farmers’ Almanac was much better east of the Mississippi than it was in the western mountains in 2025-26. Its “Chill, Snow, Repeat” theme lined up well with the Midwest and Northeast, but California, the Pacific Northwest, and much of the Rockies were defined by warmth, high snow lines, and long dry stretches.…

During the Easter school holidays, two avalanches claimed another 2 lives in Italy, taking the death toll to now 40 for the 2025-26 season. | Image: Bergrettung Sterzing Italy’s deadly avalanche season continued this week, with two experienced ski mountaineers losing their lives in separate incidents in the country’s northern Alps, bringing the national toll…

A group of revelers poses before the slope parade during Keystone Pride 2026. | Image: Katie Young/Keystone Resort At the third annual Keystone Pride Festival this March, one skier in the throng heading toward the gondola on Saturday morning turned to the Mountain Pride booth and yelled, “why are you celebrating homosexuality?” The representatives of…

Take care of your gear and it will take care of you. Credit: https://www.winterparklodgingcompany.com/ Sadly, the ski season is coming to an end, or for some it already has. Soon your focus may turn toward warmer weather activities, but before you do, it is wise to give your gear some TLC before storing it away…

Ski Portillo opens on June 20 for winter 2026. | Photo: Ski Portillo, Chile. Following a winter in the Northern Hemisphere that left skiers and snowboarders wishing for more snow, Ski Portillo in Chile is ready to deliver the 2026 turns they missed. The resort will open for the 2026 season from June 20 to…

Spring skiing at its finest. | Credit: Cody Mathison, Mammoth Mountain Mammoth Mountain, California, has canceled its annual Pond Skim at Canyon Lodge, the resort confirmed in a social media post yesterday, citing conditions that made the beloved spring tradition unworkable. The event, which draws crowds each year to watch skiers and snowboarders attempt to…

New Vail Mountain COO Shaydar Edelmann. | Photo: Vail Resorts Vail Mountain has announced a major leadership change at the COO level. Beth Howard, Vice President and Vail Mountain COO since 2019, is retiring after a 41-year career that helped define the modern ski and hospitality experience across Vail Resorts‘ flagship mountains. Shaydar Edelmann has…